Tag: vmro
Economy 02.10.19 | 11:41

VMRO says only way to end the unacceptable cycle of adding new debt is to remove the Zaev Government

VMRO-DPMNE calls the latest external debt statistics unacceptable, especially in light of the dismal infrastructure spending levels and the drop in foreign investments. Macedonia’s gross external debt rises to 73.7 percent of GDP – This rapid descend into debt must end now. We can’t...

Macedonia 01.10.19 | 15:16

Janusev: Polls show that Mickoski is leading VMRO in the right direction, ahead of Zaev and SDSM

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev pointed to the recent polls showing that the opposition party is well ahead of the ruling SDSM party and announced that a change at the helm is a matter of months. Janusev said that the major racketeering scandals caused by the Zaev Government are clearly taking...

Macedonia 29.09.19 | 20:40

Another poll shows VMRO in the lead over SDSM

A poll by the Detector TV program shows that the opposition vMRO-DPMNE party leads the ruling SDSM by 2 points – 21.1 percent to 18.1 percent. The poll shows that among the ethnic Albanian parties, DUI still has the lead, with 4.5 percent ahead of its closest challenger – the Alliance of...

Macedonia 29.09.19 | 12:18

VMRO on the charges filed against Republika publisher: SDSM goes after the press as their crimes keep surfacing

VMRO-DPMNE condemned the ruling SDSM party after its embattled official Aleksandar Kiracovski filed charges against the Republika publisher Done Donevski. According to the opposition party, this reveals the extent to which SDSM is afraid of the series of scandals that have been revealed by the critical...

Macedonia 26.09.19 | 21:19

Latest poll shows VMRO far ahead of SDSM, but also reveals a cloud of fear over the voters

VMRO-DPMNE has extended a solid lead ahead of SDSM, reports the MKD.mk news site, which published its latest Market Vision poll today. According to the poll conducted in the past week, in the midst of the major racketeering scandal, VMRO-DPMNE will win 39.8 percent of the vote, ahead of SDSM with 31.2...

Macedonia 23.09.19 | 15:56

Another failed round of talks between SDSM and VMRO about the state prosecutors law

Talks between SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE on the competing proposals for a law on state prosecutors failed today. Both Justice Minister Renata Deskoska, who represented SDSM, and VMRO member of Parliament Antonio Milososki declared the talks a failure and said that there are fundamental differences between the...

Macedonia 23.09.19 | 10:42

VMRO and SDSM teams meet again on the fate of the Special Prosecutor’s Office

Teams from the ruling SDSM party and the opposition VMRO-DPMNE will meet today to discuss the law on state prosecutors, which is at the center of the political crisis sparked when Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva was charged with wide-spread corruption and abuse of office. VMRO-DPMNE demands that a new...

Macedonia 19.09.19 | 23:43

VMRO-DPMNE marks 90 years since the birth of leading Communist era dissident Dragan Bogdanovski

VMRO-DPMNE marked the 90th anniversary of the birth of Dragan Bogdanovski, the Communist era dissident who was instrumental in founding the conservative party. Bogdanovski (1929-1998) was a leading Macedonian emigre intellectual, who was being detained as student in Communist Yugoslavia for his campaigns...

Macedonia 18.09.19 | 14:11

VMRO: Zaev’s Government conducts political persecution at 1947 levels

VMRO-DPMNE compares the levels of political arrests in Macedonia to that of the Communist era, listing the many opposition officials, activists and members of Parliament who are charged and arrested. In less than three years Zoran Zaev was able to fully abolish the rule of law. Members of the opposition...

Macedonia 13.09.19 | 12:56

“If Janeva orders the arrest of the prosecutor who is investigating her, would that still be legal?”

The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party blasted Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski for his statement that disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva has the right to give up her case files in favor of Joveski’s OJO office, even as she is detained, after being charged with abusing her office. Giving Janeva’s...

Macedonia 06.09.19 | 10:48

After the self-incriminating statement by Aleksandar Kiracovski, VMRO-DPMNE asks why hasn’t the SDSM party official been detained yet

The investigation into the racketeering scandal is compromised and fails to meet the expectations of the public, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party said in a press release after two top officials of the ruling SDSM party were interrogated over their involvement in the scandal, but the prosecutors did not...

Macedonia 02.09.19 | 15:54

Micevski says he wants the money he gave to Boki 13 back, as VMRO demands that the prosecutors finally get serious

Bitola business mogul Siljan Micevski said he wants Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13 to pay him back the 720.000 EUR he gave him. Micevski spoke to the press after testifying before the prosecutors investigating the huge corruption scandal, prompting a reply from the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party that...

Macedonia 13.08.19 | 22:00

VMRO strongly condemns Zaev’s shocking and threatening statement, demands that he apologizes

VMRO-DPMNE called on Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to apologize for the shocking statement he made this afternoon, in which he insulted the journalist Branko Geroski who is reporting on the major corruption scandal he is facing, and referred to his long time associate Bojan Jovanovski Boki 13, who is now...

Macedonia 08.08.19 | 10:50

VMRO-DPMNE: It’s clear by now that Zaev is the main obstacle on Macedonia’s path toward EU membership

VMRO-DPMNE: The pardoned criminal Zoran Zaev is the biggest obstacle on Macedonia’s road toward EU membership The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party warned that, with the daily flood of corruption scandals involving the SDSM led Government, it is clear by now that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, who was himself...

Macedonia 02.08.19 | 13:30

Macedonia celebrates the day of the Ilinden Uprising

Macedonia celebrates the day of the 1903 Ilinden Uprising, a date which throughout history has shown up in the Macedonian national liberation struggle. The main event is held in Krusevo, at Meckin Kamen, where the VMRO led rebels had their last stand against the Ottoman forces, sent to quash the independent...

Macedonia 01.08.19 | 19:25

VMRO demands that charges be brought against two top SDSM officials in Prilep, who were recorded discussing the hiring of party activists

VMRO-DPMNE demands that state prosecutors began an investigation into SDSM party bosses from Prilep Mile Taleski and Transportation Minister Goran Sugareski, who were secretly recorded instructing the newly hired staff at the Prilep hospital to vote SDSM at the 2019 presidential elections. In the recording,...

Macedonia 29.07.19 | 12:53

VMRO and SDSM teams will meet on the law on state prosecutors and the census

After US diplomat Philip Reeker proded VMRO-DPMNE over the proposed law on state prosecutors, teams from the opposition and the ruling SDSM party are expected to meet this week. This would be the first reported meeting after the major scandal which brought down Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. After...

Economy 29.07.19 | 12:27

VMRO says there can be no economic growth if the Government continues to engage in racketeering

VMRO-DPMNE warns that the income tax revenue has dropped by a third in the second quarter of the year, pushed down by higher taxes but also by the rampant extortion and racketeering of business by the SDSM led Government. On top of the wrongheaded economic policies, businesses are suffering from racketeering...

Macedonia 27.07.19 | 12:19

VMRO blasts a string of shocking judicial decisions

VMRO-DPMNE blasted the SDSM led judiciary over a series of suspicious decisions in high profile crime and corruption cases. In a short period of time two brothers sentenced to life in prison over a triple murder of teenage boys were reportedly released from prison after an intervention by Prime Minister...

Macedonia 26.07.19 | 11:30

VMRO wants the names of the two SDSM party officials involved in Katica Janeva’s racketeering scandal

VMRO-DPMNE called on the state prosecutors and on Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to stop obstructing the investigation into the major racketeering scandal that erupted last week, and to reveal the names of the two high ranked officials of the ruling SDSM party who were reportedly engaged in extortion. The...

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